Rape Van Winkle - 2010-08-28 Elephants have symbiotic bacteria in their guts, that break down cellulose. That's how something so big and strong, can live on leaves and grass. They aren't born with these bacteria. The babies eat their mother's feces to start a colony. Although this is clearly an adult, I wonder if this behavior is somehow related.

Naww, they're probably just German.

thebaronsdoctor - 2011-01-04 The ears mark it as African. The coprophagy marks it as German